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A total of 85 family doctors who are completing their training in the region this month as residents in this specialty have chosen positions to work in the public Primary Care centers of the Community of Madrid on Monday, according to the Ministry of Health.
The data improves the percentages obtained in the previous call, as 51.83% of the 164 available positions have been filled, representing a 5.4 percentage point increase from 2024, as stated in a press release by the Department led by Fátima Matute.
This year, the number of proposed positions is significantly lower than last year (202) «thanks to the improvement in the coverage of human resources at this care level,» emphasizes Health, considering the data «very positive.»
The Amyts union details that out of a total of 149 final-year MIRs interested in the positions offered by the Ministry of Health, 85 have chosen to continue their work in Madrid’s health centers as adjuncts.
In addition, two pediatricians who have completed their training in centers of the Madrid Health Service (Sermas) have chosen positions in primary care today. Initially, there were six Pediatrics residents interested in the contracts, according to Amyts.
This year, a total of 29 positions have been offered in the region’s public health centers, a lower number than last year (53). As a result, 6.9% of the positions have been filled, compared to 1.9% in the previous call.
These hiring numbers have been achieved after a year of work by the Primary Care Management to inform residents of the labor conditions offered by the Madrid public health system, including the presence of the Minister of Health, Fátima Matute, in meetings with the MIRs.
Public hospitals in Madrid will train 39 internal resident doctors (MIR) with the highest grades in the latest exam
For the second consecutive year, residents have responded very positively to the measure that allows groups of doctors to choose to work in the same health center, so that five primary care facilities facing care difficulties thus cover their medical staff.
These include the centers Panaderas (Fuenlabrada), Parque Oeste (Alcorcón), La Paz (Rivas-Vaciamadrid), Presentación Sabio (Móstoles), and Los Rosales (Madrid) where fifteen doctors will be distributed.
Additionally, seventeen new doctors have opted to participate in a new initiative promoted by the Management to fill positions in the most-needed care points, so they will see patients four days a week at their reference health center and a fifth day at another facility with a shortage of doctors.
To encourage hiring and retain the talent of pediatricians and family doctors in primary care, the regional government compensates with 450 euros in the monthly salary for physicians in categories considered deficient in the National Health System.
Furthermore, it offers supplements for the afternoon shift (500 euros per month), the mixed shift (300), or those obtained for working in rural areas (310).
It is also possible to work in the opposite schedule to the usual, thanks to the so-called demand absorption schedules in the region, paid at 50 euros per hour, up to a maximum of four hours per day.
The doctors’ union Amyts celebrates the increase in the percentage of new family doctors choosing these contracts, an increase observed, they believe, since the strike in the sector that brought labor improvements.
However, it highlights that the situation in pediatric primary care is still «critical» and calls for «urgent solutions» to prevent the devaluation of this specialty in healthcare.
